Author: _​Emma B​_______________ Reviewer: _____________________

Unit 2 Quiz 

1. The Hawthorne Effect is most closely related to which type of study?

A) Correlational Study
B) Case Study
C) Experiment
D) Naturalistic Observation
E) Survey

2. The mean, median, and mode of the set [3, 3, 6, 9, 18, 57, 109] is:

A) 57, 3, 18
B) 3, 3, 3
C) 31.5, 18, 3
D) 30, 109, 6
E) 29.3, 9, 3

3. Which of the following options is the independent variable in an experiment testing the effect
of water on a plant’s overall growth?

A) A plant without water

B) The plant’s growth
C) The number of times watered
D) The love and devotion of the gardener
E) The amount of seeds planted

4. Choose the best example of a strong negative correlation.

A) Weight of a car and miles per gallon

B) Education and salary
C) GPA and SAT score
D) Depression and suicide
E) Passion for oranges and sloth reproduction rate

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5. ________ is a plausible cause of alcoholism. Is the relation between these two variables
related to correlation?

A) Vomiting; yes
B) Depression; no
C) Necessity for rehabilitation; yes
D) Ostracism in community; no
E) Family resentment; no

6. In the Information Processing Theory,

Encoding Data is to saving documents online,

as the Retrieval Process is to...

A) The search tool

B) Renaming the document
C) Organizing the document into a folder
D) Informing predictions
E) A computer

7. A normal distribution with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 10. What values does
95% of the data lie between?

A) 20 and 145
B) 80 and 120
C) 75 and 130
D) 35 and 150
E) 90 and 110

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8. A psych class runs a study referring to the correlation between student’s use of Taft’s
recycling system and those who have taken the AP Environmental Science course with Mr.
Lehner. To do so, fifty students chosen at random were followed for a fourth month period
recording their recycling habits, and questioned about the role of fossil fuels in their daily lives.
What is the WEAKEST form of validity in this case?

A) Construct validity
B) External validity
C) Internal validity
D) Reliability
E) Random assignment

9. A scientist is working on a correlational study referring to the happiness of high school

students and the level of difficulty of their course load. The terms, “happiness” and “level of
difficulty” are best operationalized when changed to:

A) Overall joy, number of daily emails with teachers

B) Quality of contact with parents, number of mental breakdowns in a semester
C) Number of smiles per day, quantity of current AP courses in daily schedule
D) Life contentment, number of students who dropped courses in the past
E) Number of friends, student’s intensity of complaints referring to classes per day

10. How does a double blind study affect the ethics of the experiment?

A) Protects from harm and discomfort of participants

B) Reinforces informed consent between all parties
C) Adheres to the rules of fair compensation
D) Prevents personal bias from conductor of experiment
E) It does not have an effect on the ethics of the experiment

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# Correct Learning Difficulty Rating Level of Analysis

Answer Objective(s) (3rds, JV, or V) (1, 2, or 3)
Addressed

1 D Research Methods 3rds 1

2 E Statistics 3rds 1

3 C Identifying and 3rds 2

Applying Variables

4 A Correlation JV 2

5 B Cause and Effect JV 3

6 A Information JV/Varsity 3
Processing Theory

7 B Statistics JV 2

8 A Validity Varsity 3

9 C Operationalize JV 2
Terms

10 D Ethics Varsity 3

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